Posted by linkadge on October 19, 2013, at 11:49:46
In reply to Re: Irving Kirsch, placebos and antidepressants » linkadge, posted by doxogenic boy on October 18, 2013, at 18:36:29
>There also is some research that long-term use >of antidepressants can worsen the course of >depression/cause tardive dysphoria.
This is also a premise that I agree with. I have no doubt that antidepressants can induce some significant short term improvements. However, I think that it is difficult to fully recover while on the medications.
For example, much is being researched about the healing properties of REM sleep (i.e. stem cell activity, processing of emotional memories, fear extinction, connection pruning etc.). REM sleep dysfunction also increases the risk of certain neurodegenerative disorders. REM sleep disorders, for example are apparent years before the onset of clinical parkinsonian syptoms.
By supressing REM sleep, antidepressants but the brain in limbo.
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